[Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time with Formatting API on New Comment (Instant) from Google Sheets API

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Getting Started#

This integration creates a workflow with a Google Sheets trigger and Formatting action. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Select this integration
Configure the New Comment (Instant) trigger
1. Connect your Google Sheets account
2. Configure Push notification renewal schedule
3. Select a Spreadsheet
Configure the [Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time action
1. Connect your Formatting account
2. Configure Input Date
3. Optional- Select a Input Format
4. Select a Operation
5. Configure Duration
6. Optional- Select a Output Format
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Details#

This integration uses pre-built, source-available components from Pipedream's GitHub repo. These components are developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Trigger#

New Comment (Instant) on Google Sheets

Description:Emit new event each time a comment is added to a spreadsheet.

Version:0.0.3

Key:google_sheets-new-comment

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Google Sheets Overview#

The Google Sheets API allows for the creation, reading, updating, and deletion of data within Google Sheets, enabling a robust platform for spreadsheet management and data manipulation. Through Pipedream, you can craft serverless workflows that respond to various triggers, such as webhook events, emails, or scheduled times, to interact with Google Sheets. This synergy can automate reporting, synchronize data across applications, manage inventory, track leads in a CRM, or even conduct survey analysis by updating and retrieving sheet data on the fly.

Trigger Code#

import httpBase from "../common/http-based/sheet.mjs";
import sampleEmit from "./test-event.mjs";

export default {
  ...httpBase,
  key: "google_sheets-new-comment",
  name: "New Comment (Instant)",
  description: "Emit new event each time a comment is added to a spreadsheet.",
  version: "0.0.3",
  dedupe: "unique",
  type: "source",
  methods: {
    ...httpBase.methods,
    _getLastTs() {
      return this.db.get("lastTs");
    },
    _setLastTs(lastTs) {
      this.db.set("lastTs", lastTs);
    },
    generateMeta(comment) {
      return {
        id: comment.id,
        summary: `New Comment: ${comment.content}`,
        ts: Date.parse(comment.createdTime),
      };
    },
    takeSheetSnapshot() {},
    getSheetId() {
      return this.sheetID.toString();
    },
    async processSpreadsheet() {
      const comments = [];
      const lastTs = this._getLastTs();
      const results = this.googleSheets.listComments(this.sheetID, lastTs);
      for await (const comment of results) {
        comments.push(comment);
      }
      if (!comments.length) {
        return;
      }
      this._setLastTs(comments[0].createdTime);
      comments.reverse().forEach((comment) => {
        const meta = this.generateMeta(comment);
        this.$emit(comment, meta);
      });
    },
  },
  async run(event) {
    if (event.timestamp) {
      // Component was invoked by timer
      return this.renewSubscription();
    }

    if (!this.isEventRelevant(event)) {
      console.log("Sync notification, exiting early");
      return;
    }

    await this.processSpreadsheet();
  },
  sampleEmit,
};

Trigger Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Google Sheets	`googleSheets`	`app`	This component uses the Google Sheets app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
N/A	`http`	`$.interface.http`	This component uses `$.interface.http` to generate a unique URL when the component is first instantiated. Each request to the URL will trigger the `run()` method of the component.
Push notification renewal schedule	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`	The Google Drive API requires occasionally renewal of push notification subscriptions. This runs in the background, so you should not need to modify this schedule.
Spreadsheet	`sheetID`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Trigger Authentication#

Google Sheets uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Google Sheets account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Google Sheets and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Google Sheets API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

emailprofilehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive

About Google Sheets#

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Action#

[Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time on Formatting

Description:Add or subtract time from a given input

Version:0.0.5

Key:formatting-add-subtract-time

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Action Code#

import { defineAction } from "@pipedream/types";
import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";
import app from "../../app/formatting.app.mjs";
import commonDateTime from "../../common/date-time/commonDateTime.mjs";
import { DATE_FORMAT_PARSE_MAP, DEFAULT_FORMAT_VALUE, } from "../../common/date-time/dateFormats.mjs";
import { DATE_TIME_UNITS } from "../../common/date-time/dateTimeUnits.mjs";
import sugar from "sugar";
const OPERATION_OPTIONS = {
    ADD: "Add",
    SUBTRACT: "Subtract",
};
export default defineAction({
    ...commonDateTime,
    name: "[Date/Time] Add/Subtract Time",
    description: "Add or subtract time from a given input",
    key: "formatting-add-subtract-time",
    version: "0.0.5",
    type: "action",
    props: {
        ...commonDateTime.props,
        operation: {
            label: "Operation",
            description: "Whether to add or subtract time.",
            type: "string",
            options: Object.values(OPERATION_OPTIONS),
        },
        duration: {
            label: "Duration",
            description: "The duration for the operation. You can use the shorthand duration, for example: `1s`, `1m`, `1h`, `1d`, `1w`, `1y` equal one second, minute, hour, day, week, and year respectively",
            type: "string",
        },
        outputFormat: {
            propDefinition: [
                app,
                "outputFormat",
            ],
        },
    },
    methods: {
        ...commonDateTime.methods,
        getOperationMilliseconds(str) {
            let result = 0;
            const { second, minute, hour, day, week, year, } = DATE_TIME_UNITS;
            Object.entries({
                s: second,
                m: minute,
                h: hour,
                d: day,
                w: week,
                y: year,
            }).forEach(([identifier, multiplier,]) => {
                const substr = str.match(new RegExp(`[0-9]+\\s*${identifier}`))?.[0];
                if (substr) {
                    const value = Number(substr.match(/[0-9]+/));
                    result += value * multiplier;
                }
            });
            return result;
        },
    },
    async run({ $ }) {
        const { operation, duration, outputFormat, } = this;
        const dateObj = this.getDateFromInput();
        const value = dateObj.valueOf();
        let amount = this.getOperationMilliseconds(duration);
        if (operation === OPERATION_OPTIONS.SUBTRACT)
            amount *= -1;
        const result = value + amount;
        const format = outputFormat ?? this.inputFormat ?? DEFAULT_FORMAT_VALUE;
        try {
            const { outputFn } = DATE_FORMAT_PARSE_MAP.get(format);
            const output = outputFn(sugar.Date.create(result));
            $.export("$summary", `Successfully ${operation === OPERATION_OPTIONS.SUBTRACT
                ? "subtracted"
                : "added"} time`);
            return output;
        }
        catch (err) {
            console.log("Error parsing date", err);
            throw new ConfigurationError("**Parse error** - check your input and if the selected format is correct.");
        }
    },
});

Action Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Formatting	`app`	`app`	This component uses the Formatting app.
Input Date	`inputDate`	`string`	A valid date string, in the format selected in Input Format. If the format is not set, Pipedream will attempt to infer it using the parser from Sugar Date library.
Input Format	`inputFormat`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`Sun Jan 22 23:04:05 +0000 2006January 22 2006 23:04:05January 22 2006Jan 22 20062006-01-22T23:04:052006-01-22T23:04:05+00002006-01-22 23:04:05 +00002006-01-22 23:042006-01-2201-22-200601/22/200601/22/0622-01-200622/01/200622/01/06Unix time (seconds) Eg. 1137971045Unix time (milliseconds) Eg. 1137971045000`
Operation	`operation`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`AddSubtract`
Duration	`duration`	`string`	The duration for the operation. You can use the shorthand duration, for example: `1s`, `1m`, `1h`, `1d`, `1w`, `1y` equal one second, minute, hour, day, week, and year respectively
Output Format	`outputFormat`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`Sun Jan 22 23:04:05 +0000 2006January 22 2006 23:04:05January 22 2006Jan 22 20062006-01-22T23:04:052006-01-22T23:04:05+00002006-01-22 23:04:05 +00002006-01-22 23:042006-01-2201-22-200601/22/200601/22/0622-01-200622/01/200622/01/06Unix time (seconds) Eg. 1137971045Unix time (milliseconds) Eg. 1137971045000`